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2026  19

August  1

I Finally Found Wide Soccer Cleats

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

July  3

How to Not Pass Out or Faint When Getting Your Blood Drawn

 · 2 min · Joshua P. Steele

Basement Dehumidifier Woes: Even AlorAir Isn’t Good Enough?

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

A New Battle Hymn

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

May  4

Father’s Day Gift Ideas 2026

 · 1 min · Joshua P. Steele

TextExpander Archaeology: The Snippets of a Ph.D. Student

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Logos Bible Software Needs an MCP Server

 · 9 min · joshuapsteele

Rededicate 250: A Poem

 · 1 min · Joshua P. Steele

April  1

Am I Still A Priest? Thinking Through Ordination After Resignation

 · 8 min · Joshua P. Steele

March  4

I Wish We’d Had More Time (For Robin)

 · 5 min · Joshua P. Steele

You’re Reading Revelation Wrong

 · 15 min · Joshua P. Steele

What’s Gone Wrong with American Evangelicalism: Some Notes

 · 10 min · Joshua P. Steele

15 Myths and 15 Facts about Immigrants

 · 3 min · Joshua P. Steele

January  6

A Response to ‘Minneapolis, ICE, and the Christian Response’

 · 4 min · Joshua P. Steele

The Cowardice of ‘Both Sides’: Why False Neutrality Is a Moral Failure

 · 7 min · Joshua P. Steele

Romans 13 Is Not a Blank Check for Cruelty

 · 3 min · Joshua P. Steele

American Freedom Isn’t Biblical Freedom

 · 8 min · Joshua P. Steele

An Ecclesiastical Pickle: Resigning vs. Renouncing One’s Ministry

 · 6 min · Joshua P. Steele

Does the New Testament Teach an Eternal Hell?

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

2025  37

November  1

My Soccer Kit: The Gear I Use for Playing Soccer

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

October  4

What Shall We Do With a Would-Be Tyrant? A Sea Shanty for Democracy

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Roll the Old Republic Along: A Sea Shanty for Democracy

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

The Fate of Diphtheria

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

When Romans 13 Meets Matthew 25: Immigration Ethics

 · 20 min · joshuapsteele

September  6

Theology Against Nationalism: 10 Theses from Michael Gorman

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

Tidbits: 2025-09-26

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Birthday Wishlist 2025

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

What is Fascism?

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Tidbits: 2025-09-19

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

He Looked for Justice, but Behold, Bloodshed!

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

August  2

How to Have a Theological Argument Without Hating Each Other

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Against Christian Misanthropy: Why Following Jesus Means Embracing Human Flourishing

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

Tech Hype and the Growing Chasm

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

June  7

How to Find Your Life’s Purpose: Helpful Advice from Daniel Pink

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

How Do You Make Friends as a Tired Introvert in Your 30s? A Dad’s Honest Ask for Advice

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

A Citizen’s Manifesto: Working Principles for Democratic Renewal

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

No Kings

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

14 Characteristics of Fascism: Umberto Eco on Ur-Fascism

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

198 Ways to Fight Tyranny: Methods of Nonviolent Action from Gene Sharp

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

20 Ways to Fight Tyranny: Lessons from Timothy Snyder

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

May  3

14 Youtube Channels I Like

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

The Bible Is Clear about the Poor, Oppressed, and Marginalized

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Real-World Authorization Lessons with OpenFGA? I’d Love to Hear Them

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

April  3

When the Government Can Kidnap Without Trial, None of Us Are Safe

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Devs: How Does Your Personal Laptop Compare to Your Work Laptop?

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Saw Updates

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

March  3

My Vintage 1947 Craftsman 113 Table Saw

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Bonhoeffer on Stupidity

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Authorization, Continued: Experimenting with OpenFGA, Topaz, and Permify

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

February  1

This Shouldn’t Be Controversial

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

January  6

Devs! Let’s Talk Authorization

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Stay Woke! Ephesians 5:11-14

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Diagnostic Toos for Homeowners

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Questions at the Start of My Notebook

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

What is the Best Budget Smart TV?

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Dinner Prayer Highlights from Our 4-Year-Old

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

2024  23

December  1

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Extra Verses

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

November  4

Troubleshooting Hugo to Micro.blog Crossposting

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Five Questions for Coming to Grips with Your Life

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Ten Tools for Embracing Finitude

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Ask Me Anything This November: WeblogPoMo AMA

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

October  1

God’s Economy

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

September  7

Requiem for a Cousin on His Birthday

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

10 Things I Love About My Kids

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

I Love My Kids, But I Sometimes Regret Having Them

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Help, I’m Addicted to Mini Toolkits: The EDC Tool Struggle Is Real

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

You Can’t Follow Jesus and Hate Immigrants

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

Christianity and Politics: My 2024 Reading List

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

6 Things I’m Excited About (2024-08-04)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

July  2

Home Improvement Roadmap and Roadblocks

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Know Thyself: Unveiling Your Unique Strengths and Personality Traits

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

April  2

Finding a Hat for My Big, Bald Head

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Prayers for the Sick

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

March  5

Death in His Grave

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Home Gym Upgrades

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

The Problem of Ecclesiastical Evil

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Back in the Saddle

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Truth to Power

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

February  1

25 Possibly Unpopular Opinions about Church

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

2023  11

November  1

I’m Resigning from Ordained Ministry in the Anglican Church in North America

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

October  1

Life Lessons: 32 Things I’ve Learned So Far

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

August  1

Anyone Can Use AI Tools: Here’s How

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

July  2

Avoiding Online Scams: A Simple Guide for Non-Tech-Savvy Internet Users

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Essential Reads for New Software Developers: The Effective Engineer and The Missing README

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

June  1

Scriptures to Read on Days of Prayer and Fasting for the Church

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

March  4

Master the Art of Interpersonal Relationships with “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Discover Learn X in Y Minutes: An Invaluable Resource for Programmers

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Mastering Linux: Top Commands Every New Computer Programmer Should Learn

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Ask Me Anything: Software Engineering Questions from a Coding Bootcamp Student

 · 9 min · joshuapsteele

February  1

My Coding Bootcamp Journey: How a Pastor Became a Programmer

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

2022  6

December  3

Logos 10 Bible Software: The Ultimate Theological Learning Tool

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Software Testing: Possibilities, Problems, and Principles

 · 26 min · joshuapsteele

ChatGPT: Write a Viral Blogpost about Why to Become a Software Engineer

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

November  2

Most Useful Websites: My Favorite Online Resources

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Questions Worth Asking (Self-Elicitation Questions)

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

April  1

Mentor Me! 11 Questions I’d Like You to Answer

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

2021  2

October  1

#ACNAtoo: What you can do to hear, to support, and to respond to abuse survivors

 · 8 min · Whitney Evans Harrison

January  1

What Color is My Parachute? The Flower Petal Exercise

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

2020  31

November  3

Why Haven’t You Torn The Sky Open Yet?

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

It’s Official. I’m Hitting Pause on My Ph.D. for a Year

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

I’m looking for a new role to supplement my part-time work for Anglican Compass

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

September  2

Josh+? On the use of the sign of the cross (plus sign) in clergy signatures

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

It’s Time to Get Some Help

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

August  4

A Prayer for Trustfulness in Times of Worry and Anxiety

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

First Day of 24th Grade!

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

It’s time for another social media fast!

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

The Ph.D. Plan (Or the Lack Thereof)

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

July  3

A Shameless Request: Help Me Buy More Books?

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

I’m a Female Priest and I Support My Opponents in the Women’s Ordination Debate

 · 7 min · Hannah King

For the Good of the Order: A Plea for Charity on the Ordination of Women

 · 13 min · Tara Jernigan

June  9

They Say, I Say Writing Templates

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

Help! I’m looking for the best Christian resources on the Bible, social justice, racism, Critical Race Theory, and Marxism

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

A Collect for Juneteenth

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Who really cares about the Trinity in 2020?

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

Who Really Cares about the Trinity?

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

Top 3 Books, Movies, and Podcasts about Race for White Christians like Me

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

“But, What About the Riots and Lawlessness?”

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Why is the word “systemic” a flashpoint for certain Christians?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

A Letter to Fellow ACNA Clergy: On Anti-Racism and a More Diverse and Just Anglicanism

 · 7 min · Anglican Compass

May  4

Don’t Stir the Pot?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

The Altar and the Arena: What Slaves and Martyrs Have to Teach Us About Women’s Ordination

 · 18 min · Aaron Harrison

Balderdash! 12 Suggestions for Overcoming Writer’s Block (From Andrew T. Le Peau’s “Write Better”)

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

We switched Anglican Compass over from HostGator Shared to Bluehost VPS Hosting

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

April  2

“They laughed when I became an Anglican, but when I started to pray!” 27 Anglican Headline Ideas

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Want a taste of what my dissertation is about? Read these two passages (Dissertation Dispatch, 2020-04-03)

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

March  3

What did Barth and Bonhoeffer think of the Bible? (Dissertation Dispatch, 2020-03-30)

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Bible: Back to the Beginning (Dissertation Dispatch, 2020-03-26)

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

12 Prayers for Tough Days

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

February  1

Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Sermon on the Mount (Dissertation Dispatch 2020-02-04)

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

2019  66

December  1

Help! I’m looking for examples of “theological triage,” “doctrinal taxonomy,” or “dogmatic rank”

 · 29 min · joshuapsteele

November  19

Are the Beatitudes “Renunciations” (Verzichte)?

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Are the Beatitudes “Good Works”? (Matt. 5:13–16)

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

With baby #2 on the way, I’m looking for work!

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Interpretive Approaches to the Beatitudes

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

Interpretive Approaches to the Sermon on the Mount

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Damer’s “Code of Intellectual Conduct”

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Taking Scripture and Women’s Ordination Seriously: A Response to Blake Johnson and Lee Nelson

 · 15 min · Emily McGowin

Alan Jacobs’s “The Thinking Person’s Checklist”

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Help me come up with “rules for conversation”!

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

Quit claiming that we mutualists (egalitarians) don’t take the Bible or tradition seriously.

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

No One Knows what “Positivism of Revelation” Means!

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

I’m quite excited for these Oxford Handbooks!

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

My favorite definition of “theology”

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Barth Timeline: A Chronology of Karl Barth’s Life

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Bonhoeffer Timeline: A Chronology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

Dissertation Dispatch: 2019-11-11

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

“True Christianity cannot be a private Christianity” (Barth)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Here’s a video of my ordination to the Priesthood

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

A Deacon’s Last Day

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

October  7

Here’s what I’m committing myself to as a priest.

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

A Prayer for Relatives and Friends

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Following Christ as a Hermeneutical Problem?

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

Two of Bonhoeffer’s Most Convicting Paragraphs

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

“Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore” (The Atlantic)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

What are the most important theological terms that every Christian should know?

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

The “Via Media”? Or the “Middle Ground Fallacy”?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

September  4

Here are all of William Witt’s essays on Women’s ordination, in a single PDF (with bookmarks!)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

If Women Can Be Saved, Then Women Can Be Priests: A Critique of the ‘in persona Christi’ Argument Against Women’s Ordination

 · 10 min · Emily McGowin

Family Ties (What It Takes to Have a Healthy Church)

 · 17 min · joshuapsteele

An Outline of Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics

 · 29 min · joshuapsteele

August  3

Helpful Writing Templates

 · 9 min · joshuapsteele

Dissertation Dispatch: 2019-08-09

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

The Guilt of Karl Barth: Strengths and Weaknesses of Barth’s Römerbrief Reading of Romans 9:30–10:21

 · 23 min · joshuapsteele

July  3

I think Karl Barth missed the (pastoral) point of Romans

 · 17 min · joshuapsteele

Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Bible

 · 23 min · joshuapsteele

Dissertation Dispatch: 2019-07-05

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

June  3

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Writing My Dissertation vs. Funding Abortion

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Sermons and Meditations

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Unity When We Can’t Get Along

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

May  2

The Tree of Religion: Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Tree of Knowledge in Genesis 2:4–3:24

 · 38 min · joshuapsteele

When will Thy Kingdom Come? The Timing and Agency of the Kingdom of God in the Lord’s Prayer

 · 38 min · joshuapsteele

April  4

Into the Far Country

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Only the Suffering God Can Help

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

What are your “must-own” biblical and theological studies reference works?

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Help me achieve my home gym dream

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

March  3

Learn more about Rublev’s Trinity icon [video]

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Let’s learn how to be bored again

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Theology is exegesis: John Webster on what we can learn from Barth and Bonhoeffer

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

February  2

Use Rapoport’s Rules for Better Conversations and Disagreements

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

There’s more than one kind of “priesthood” in the New Testament

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

January  15

Women’s Ordination Debates in Anglicanism: The 2017 ACNA Report and the 2003 AMIA Report

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Want to Learn More about Women’s Ordination Debates within Anglicanism? Start With These Resources

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

Barth, the Bible, and “What we ought to do”

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Karl Barth’s Gesamtausgabe (“Complete/Collected Edition”): A List of Works

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

A List of Karl Barth’s Sermons

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

What’s the relationship between biblical and systematic/dogmatic theology?

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Spirit, Flesh, Restoration, and Sublimation

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

StickKing to the Slow Carb Diet

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Barth and Bonhoeffer on Religion’s False God(s)

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Karl Barth’s Reversal on the “Knowledge of Good and Evil”

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

I wish these 2 Barth (and Bonhoeffer) books would come out sooner!

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

A Prayer of Confession

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

What blogs are you reading?

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Help me StickK to my writing habit

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Bonhoeffer’s ‘Definition’ of ‘Religion’ in Prison: 15 Facets/Aspects

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

2018  40

December  4

Introduction to Christian Theology: A Draft Syllabus

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

My Karl Barth Software Drama Continues: Inaccurate Page Numbers in Logos

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Preparing the Way of the Lord in the Wilderness: Luke 3:1-6

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

John the Baptist Fulfills the Words of Isaiah

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

November  4

UPDATE: You can now search for Bible citations in the Digital Karl Barth Library again

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

This is a fantastic wooden pencil (Mitsubishi 9850)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

What’s gone wrong with the Digital Karl Barth Library?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Justification and Sanctification

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

September  3

Take Up Your Tongue and Follow Jesus

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

Systematic Theologies: A List (Help Me Update!)

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

Here’s the Template I Use to Take Notes on Books I Read

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

August  3

What I’m Reading this Fall

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

8 Questions to Ask While Reading Theology

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Eva Joy Steele: A Birth Story

 · 17 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

What Theologians (Should) Do

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

June  4

What Attracts People to Anglicanism? Here’s My Take

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Two More Pieces about Jordan Peterson

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

The Four Tendencies: 4 Ways You Can Play to Your Personality Strengths

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Hate Running? Try Rucking Instead

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

April  2

Here’s the Elevator Pitch for my Dissertation Proposal: ‘Scriptural, but Not Religious’

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

The Grain of the Gospel: Why Christians Should Care about Food Ethics

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

March  10

What to make of Jordan Peterson? Some takes, then my own.

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

Do More Better: Tim Challies’ Excellent Little Book on Personal Productivity Could Change Your Life

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Please Don’t Leave Me Alone: On Male Friendships, or the Lack Thereof

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

I Need to Develop a Writing Habit. Do You?

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Getting Back on the “Getting Things Done” Productivity Bandwagon

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

This Song is a Beautiful Picture of the Theological Journey

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Dangerous Beauty: Phoenix and Grand Canyon Trip 2018

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

This One Simple Trick Helps Me Read Faster as a Ph.D. Student

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Christian, Do the Daily Office: 5 Things You Can Learn from Morning and Evening Prayer

 · 9 min · joshuapsteele

Top 3 Reasons Why I’m an Anglican Christian

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

February  5

Cut the “Positivity” Crap: What Frustrates You?

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Go to Sleep and Have Some Kids: What the Bible (Psalm 127) Says about Productivity

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

3 Confessions of an Expectant Father

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Mental Models: A Helpful Model for Theology?

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

How to Pray Before You Read and Write: A Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas Before Study

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

January  4

3 Questions to Ask When You Study the Bible

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

5 Books Every Christian Should Read

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

An 80/20 Approach to the Christian Life: 2 Reasons Why Christians Should Care About the Pareto Principle

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

The Expectationally-Challenged Christian

 · 16 min · joshuapsteele

2017  8

December  1

The Hermeneutical Implications of Scripture’s Theological Location

 · 31 min · joshuapsteele

October  1

Principles: 10 Imperatives for the Good Life

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

August  1

Testimony: A Faith Story, In Brief

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

Podcasts You Should Listen To

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

June  1

It is Finished! So, Get to Work! – A Sermon on the Ascension

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

April  1

The Lasting Supper – Luke 22:14-30

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

January  2

Is The Well-Equipped Christian Worth It?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Getting Ahead in God’s Upside-Down Kingdom: An Appeal for a Consistently Pro-Life Ethic

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

2016  21

December  2

To Be or Not To Be Religious: A Clarification of Karl Barth’s and Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Divergence and Convergence Regarding Religion

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

A Disappointing Christmas Homily

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

November  1

30 Works on Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Are There Others?

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

September  2

Christians and Wealth: An Argument for Downward Mobility

 · 9 min · joshuapsteele

Following Jesus Beyond the Bandwagon

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

August  2

Barth, Bonhoeffer, and The Theological Critique of Religion: My Reading List This Fall

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

A Ridiculously Helpful Markdown Tutorial

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

The Feast of St. James the Apostle: A Homily for Ministers

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

June  2

Frustrated with Church? You’re the Problem!

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Frustrated with Church? Join the Club!

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

May  6

Thank God, I Went to Cedarville

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Let’s Take Seth Godin to Church

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

What are you afraid of?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

What I’m Reading

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Kettlebell Swings: Back Balm for the Sedentary [Seminarian]

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

March  4

The Groom’s Big Day

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

Son of Man, Can Your Bones Live?

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

Reading Recommendations? Barth’s and Bonhoeffer’s False Gods

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Three Recent Sermons

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

January  1

Sermon: The Challenge of Christmas Light

 · 20 min · joshuapsteele

2015  19

December  2

Improvising Church and State: Overaccepting as a Synthesis of Anglican and Anabaptist Approaches

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

Theology in Outline: What Do I Believe?

 · 16 min · joshuapsteele

October  1

Faithful Faith in a Faithful God: Romans 1.1-17

 · 23 min · joshuapsteele

September  3

The Prodigal Son, Part 2: Introduction to Romans

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Morning Prayer Homily: Mark 8.11-21

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Morning Prayer Homily: Mark 1.29-45

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

August  1

Morning Prayer Homily: James 2.1-13

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

Jesus is Not Just "One of Us"

 · 11 min · joshuapsteele

May  3

Pentecost: Songs and Scripture

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

What does it mean to be human?

 · 10 min · joshuapsteele

Disunity in the Church? Absurd!

 · 27 min · joshuapsteele

April  8

The Hope of the Holy Innocents

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

The Brokenhearted God

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Give Thanks!

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Karl Barth on the Wilderness Temptations: #1, Stones into Bread

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

Presenting on Karl Barth at 2015 Southeastern ETS

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Barth on the Wilderness Temptations: #2, Christendom’s Cost — Worship Satan

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Barth on the Wilderness Temptations: #3, The Leap of False Faith

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

Who am I to be a theologian?

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

2014  9

October  1

My Uncle, Timothy Steele

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

April  1

WHITE NOISE, BHOPAL, AND THE HYPERREAL FEAR OF DEATH

 · 18 min · joshuapsteele

March  7

My Sermon: Our Help

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

My 2014 Regional ETS Paper: Reconciliation and the Lack Thereof

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Ok, Maybe a Bit More on Cedarville!

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Concerning Romans

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Cedarville!

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Peru 2014!

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

My Regional ETS Presentation: Reconciliation and the Lack Thereof

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

2013  24

December  2

The Perfect Translation

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

The Epistle to Philemon: Analysis and Application

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

November  3

Black Friday Book Recommendation: The Economy of Desire

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Silence and Violence

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

The Holy Trinity: What Is It? (Why) Is It Important?

 · 13 min · joshuapsteele

October  4

Psalm 2: Quare Fremuerunt Gentes? (Why Do the Nations Rage?)

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

Miroslav Volf on Divine Violence

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Down With the Pacifists!

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

Scripture: What The Bible Is And Why It Matters

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

September  1

King Jesus’ Kingdom Gospel

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

July  1

Alabama Update

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

June  2

Requiescas in Pace, Mi Avia

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

Inductive Bible Study in 7 Steps: “Scripture, Handle With Care,” by Amy Chase Ashley

 · 16 min · joshuapsteele

May  2

(Un)Righteous Anger? – Yoda, Jonah, Nahum, and Us

 · 17 min · joshuapsteele

My Unforgettable Cedarville Experience (pt 2)

 · 1 min · joshuapsteele

April  2

A Farewell to Cedarville

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Honors, Grace, and Generosity

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

March  1

On Building/Burning Bridges

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

February  5

Let There Be Light: My Resignation

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Open Apology

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Oh Cedarville!

 · 8 min · joshuapsteele

Reading and Interpreting the Bible: Deuteronomy 6:1-15

 · 14 min · joshuapsteele

You’re Reading Romans 13 Wrong! Here’s How to Read It Correctly

 · 23 min · joshuapsteele

January  1

Open Letter to Cedarville Admins and Trustees

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

2012  12

December  1

Reconciliation and the Lack Thereof: Atonement, Ecclesiology, and the Unity of God

 · 54 min · joshuapsteele

September  8

An Explanation

 · 6 min · joshuapsteele

Cedarville, Let there be Light. (pt. 2)

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Cedarville, Let there be Light. (pt. 1)

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Sacrificing Scripture on the Altars of Our Own Agendas

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Creation and Doxology: A Portrait of Biblical Creation Theology (pt. 3)

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

Creation and Doxology: A Portrait of Biblical Creation Theology (pt. 2)

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

Creation and Doxology: A Portrait of Biblical Creation Theology (pt. 1)

 · 7 min · joshuapsteele

My Unforgettable Cedarville Experience

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

August  1

Wedding Vows: My Personal Take on the Traditional Version

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele

May  1

The Book of Romans, Distilled and Paraphrased

 · 12 min · joshuapsteele

April  1

Unity?

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

2011  3

December  1

The Good News of Christmas

 · 3 min · joshuapsteele

May  1

Church and State

 · 5 min · joshuapsteele

February  1

What the Bible Says About Poverty: The Book of Proverbs

 · 15 min · joshuapsteele

2009  2

June  1

My High School Graduation Valedictorian Speech was a Poem

 · 4 min · joshuapsteele

May  1

From a Grateful Son: A Mother’s Day Poem

 · 2 min · joshuapsteele